She Had A Dream

God comes to us in ways we will understand. That's the whole message of the Gospel. And that's why Jesus appeared to Valentina in a dream. 

We'd met Valentina's family in Moldova. We got to know them a bit better while they spent some time in the Netherlands. Now they are back home where, last month, Valentina's husband decided to be baptized. Valentina thought long and hard when her husband made that commitment. She hesitated. She decided she was not ready to bury your old life in those baptismal waters and rise up to live a new life in Christ. It's an important step. 

This was all fresh in her mind when Jesus appeared to her in a dream. He called her to him and told her she needed to repent, turn away from her old life, and be baptized. He told her he was calling all people to come to her. We can all become children of God. 

When another baptismal service was organized, Valentina did not hesitate. She and four others were baptized last Sunday. 

Valentina, 2nd from right

God came to her in a way He knew she would understand, in a dream. She shared that dream with all the neighbors and family members who came to the service who came in a way she knew they would understand, in their own Ursari Romani language. 

How does God come to you?